Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 473 776 872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.90% 13.26% 12.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.82% 33.26% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 339 276 471
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,250 £36,953
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,364 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +11.61%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,906 2,333 3,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.79% 39.85% 45.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 1,373 1,864
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,600 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -22 205 £60,000 -14.29% 69
Oxfordshire -3 185 £55,000 +57.14% 57
Buckinghamshire -29 83 £51,000 -18.40% 28
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (6.13%) ArcGIS
1 29 (6.13%) GeoServer
2 24 (5.07%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.48%) Apache
4 6 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.06%) nginx
6 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.42%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.42%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Simulink
2 2 (0.42%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 132 (27.91%) Azure
2 129 (27.27%) AWS
3 29 (6.13%) Serverless
4 20 (4.23%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
5 19 (4.02%) GitHub
6 18 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
6 18 (3.81%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.59%) GCP
8 15 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.48%) IaaS
12 7 (1.48%) SaaS
13 6 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.50%) Wireless
2 23 (4.86%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.65%) 5G
3 22 (4.65%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.65%) GSM
3 22 (4.65%) ISDN
3 22 (4.65%) LTE
3 22 (4.65%) PSTN
3 22 (4.65%) UMTS
4 19 (4.02%) VPN
5 16 (3.38%) Internet
6 14 (2.96%) Firewall
7 11 (2.33%) Network Security
8 9 (1.90%) LAN
8 9 (1.90%) WAN
9 7 (1.48%) NAS
9 7 (1.48%) SAN
9 7 (1.48%) SNMP
10 5 (1.06%) MQTT
10 5 (1.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (16.49%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.61%) GIS
3 29 (6.13%) QGIS
4 26 (5.50%) NoSQL
5 23 (4.86%) MySQL
6 22 (4.65%) Relational Database
7 19 (4.02%) Data Lake
8 18 (3.81%) Power BI
9 17 (3.59%) SQL Server
10 13 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (2.54%) Tableau
12 10 (2.11%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (1.69%) Big Data
14 8 (1.69%) Redis
15 7 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (1.48%) RDBMS
16 6 (1.27%) Hadoop
17 5 (1.06%) InfluxDB
17 5 (1.06%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 36 (7.61%) Git
2 28 (5.92%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.65%) LabVIEW
4 18 (3.81%) GitLab
5 15 (3.17%) Visual Studio
6 11 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.27%) JIRA
8 5 (1.06%) JMeter
8 5 (1.06%) JUnit
9 4 (0.85%) Mockito
10 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.63%) Selenium
11 2 (0.42%) JDeveloper
11 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
12 1 (0.21%) ERwin
12 1 (0.21%) Postman
12 1 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
12 1 (0.21%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 104 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.67%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.55%) Telecoms
5 25 (5.29%) Finance
6 22 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.11%) Electronics
9 9 (1.90%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.90%) Marketing
10 7 (1.48%) Automotive
10 7 (1.48%) Legal
11 6 (1.27%) Retail
12 5 (1.06%) Games
12 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Aeronautics
14 3 (0.63%) Banking
14 3 (0.63%) Law
14 3 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 113 (23.89%) Senior
2 111 (23.47%) Software Engineer
3 90 (19.03%) Developer
4 42 (8.88%) Senior Software Engineer
5 34 (7.19%) Python Engineer
6 28 (5.92%) Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.50%) Architect
7 26 (5.50%) Junior
8 25 (5.29%) Java Developer
9 23 (4.86%) Full Stack Developer
9 23 (4.86%) Lead
10 22 (4.65%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.65%) Research Engineer
11 21 (4.44%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.23%) Senior Developer
13 19 (4.02%) Analyst
14 18 (3.81%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.59%) Data Scientist
16 15 (3.17%) Software Architect
17 12 (2.54%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (15.43%) React
2 36 (7.61%) .NET
3 35 (7.40%) CSS
4 34 (7.19%) OpenLayers
5 31 (6.55%) Leaflet
6 29 (6.13%) PostGIS
7 27 (5.71%) Spring
8 26 (5.50%) REST
9 25 (5.29%) .NET Core
10 23 (4.86%) Django
10 23 (4.86%) Web Services
11 22 (4.65%) AngularJS
12 21 (4.44%) Kafka
12 21 (4.44%) Node.js
13 20 (4.23%) OpenMP
14 19 (4.02%) Spring Boot
15 18 (3.81%) HTML
16 17 (3.59%) Apache Camel
17 15 (3.17%) JSON
18 14 (2.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (23.47%) Algorithms
2 26 (5.50%) IoT
3 22 (4.65%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.65%) Satnav
4 20 (4.23%) CUDA
4 20 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.33%) Life Science
10 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.48%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.27%) PKI
13 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.06%) Robotics
13 5 (1.06%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 117 (24.74%) Linux
2 40 (8.46%) Unix
3 25 (5.29%) Windows
4 7 (1.48%) CentOS
4 7 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.06%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.06%) Kali Linux
6 5 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.63%) Debian
7 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (33.40%) Agile
2 156 (32.98%) Computer Science
3 155 (32.77%) Software Engineering
4 116 (24.52%) Physics
5 103 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (19.87%) DevOps
7 86 (18.18%) Mathematics
8 70 (14.80%) Machine Learning
9 59 (12.47%) Full Stack Development
10 56 (11.84%) Software Testing
11 51 (10.78%) Parallel Programming
12 46 (9.73%) CI/CD
13 45 (9.51%) SDLC
14 43 (9.09%) Microservices
15 42 (8.88%) Artificial Intelligence
16 41 (8.67%) Coaching
16 41 (8.67%) Test Automation
17 39 (8.25%) Actionable Insight
18 37 (7.82%) Open Source
18 37 (7.82%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 105 (22.20%) Java
2 98 (20.72%) JavaScript
3 89 (18.82%) Fortran
4 87 (18.39%) C++
5 86 (18.18%) C
6 73 (15.43%) SQL
7 69 (14.59%) C#
8 54 (11.42%) Bash
9 26 (5.50%) MATLAB
9 26 (5.50%) R
10 25 (5.29%) TypeScript
11 19 (4.02%) PowerShell
12 17 (3.59%) Perl
12 17 (3.59%) Shell Script
13 16 (3.38%) Go
14 14 (2.96%) Ruby
15 12 (2.54%) Scala
16 10 (2.11%) Kotlin
17 6 (1.27%) Embedded C
18 4 (0.85%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 225 (47.57%) Degree
2 125 (26.43%) Security Cleared
3 97 (20.51%) PhD
4 89 (18.82%) Master's Degree
5 54 (11.42%) SC Cleared
6 53 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.75%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.06%) CISSP
11 4 (0.85%) CCNA
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.85%) MCSE
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.96%) Data Quality
1 14 (2.96%) QA
2 10 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (1.06%) NIST
3 5 (1.06%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.63%) SLA
5 2 (0.42%) PMO
5 2 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 85 (17.97%) Docker
2 18 (3.81%) Hyper-V
2 18 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.17%) Firmware
4 13 (2.75%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.63%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 59 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 37 (7.82%) Ansible
3 33 (6.98%) Terraform
4 6 (1.27%) Puppet
5 5 (1.06%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.06%) Suricata
5 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.85%) Kibana
7 3 (0.63%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.42%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.42%) Nagios
8 2 (0.42%) Netcool
9 1 (0.21%) Packer
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Salt
Vendors
1 79 (16.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.13%) ESRI
3 18 (3.81%) VMware
4 13 (2.75%) WSO2
5 12 (2.54%) Splunk
6 11 (2.33%) Juniper
7 10 (2.11%) Cisco
7 10 (2.11%) Google
7 10 (2.11%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.90%) Databricks
9 8 (1.69%) SAP
10 6 (1.27%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.06%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.06%) NetApp
11 5 (1.06%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.85%) Oracle
12 4 (0.85%) Talend
13 3 (0.63%) Cloudera